Welding method and electrical device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12427597-B2
Application number	US-202017639405-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 11, 2020
Priority date	Sep 5, 2019
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to suppress blow holes in welding using tough pitch copper.
A welding method includes a first step of heating at least a portion of a first conductor and a second conductor containing copper, and a second step of adding a filler metal containing phosphorus while melting the first conductor and the second conductor so that a phosphorus content rate in a welded portion at which an end portion of the first conductor and an end portion of the second conductor are connected to each other is equal to or more than 0.1%.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A welding method comprising:
heating at least a portion of a first conductor containing copper and a second conductor containing copper; and
adding a filler metal containing phosphorus while melting the first conductor and the second conductor so that a phosphorus content rate in a welded portion at which an end portion of the first conductor and an end portion of the second conductor are connected to each other is equal to or more than 0.1%;
wherein a recess portion in a vicinity of a portion at which the first conductor and the second conductor are in contact with each other and recessed from other portions is formed at a boundary between the first conductor and the second conductor, and the welded portion, and the phosphorus content rate in the welded portion in a vicinity of the recess portion is equal to or more than 0.1%.

2. The welding method according to claim 1 , wherein
the filler metal is added so that the phosphorus content rate in the welded portion is equal to or more than 0.2%.

3. The welding method according to claim 1 , wherein
the filler metal is added so that the phosphorus content rate in the welded portion is 0.5% to 1.5%.

4. The welding method according to claim 1 , wherein
the first conductor and the second conductor are heated by arc discharge generated by a current flowing between the first conductor and the second conductor, and an electrode, and
when the filler metal is added, a current value of the current is temporally changed to agitate the filler metal in the melted first conductor and the melted second conductor.

5. The welding method according to claim 1 , wherein
the first conductor and the second conductor are heated by arc discharge generated by a current flowing between the first conductor and the second conductor, and an electrode, and
when the filler metal is added, a current value of the current is made constant to perform formation so that the phosphorus content rates in the melted first conductor and the melted second conductor are different from each other.

6. An electrical device comprising:
at least one of a first conductor and a second conductor; and
an electrical circuit connected to the at least one conductor,
wherein the first conductor and the second conductor contain copper,
an end portion of the first conductor and an end portion of the second conductor are connected via a welded portion, and
a phosphorus content rate in the welded portion is equal to or more than 0.1%;

wherein a recess portion in a vicinity of a portion at which the first conductor and the second conductor are in contact with each other and recessed from other portions is formed at a boundary between the first conductor and the second conductor, and the welded portion, and the phosphorus content rate in the welded portion in a vicinity of the recess portion is equal to or more than 0.1%.

7. The electrical device according to claim 6 , wherein
the phosphorus content rate in the welded portion is equal to or more than 0.2%.

8. The electrical device according to claim 6 , wherein
the phosphorus content rate in the welded portion is 0.5% to 1.5%.

9. The electrical device according to claim 6 , wherein
a difference in phosphorus content rate between the welded portions is equal to or less than 7%.

10. The electrical device according to claim 6 , wherein
a region having a different phosphorus content rate in the welded portion is provided.

Assignees

• Hitachi Astemo Ltd

Inventors

• Mori Takahiro
• Onose Shin
• Nakayama Kenichi
• Chiba Yuta
• Suzuki Masaaki

Classifications

• H02K15/0421

  and consisting of single conductors, e.g. hairpins · CPC title

• B23K9/23

  taking account of the properties of the materials to be welded · CPC title

• B23K9/167

  and of a non-consumable electrode · CPC title

• B23K9/0026

  specially adapted for particular articles or work · CPC title

• B23K2101/38

  Conductors · CPC title